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Honoring the Best in Design-Build

Design-build continues to deliver some of the nation’s most
impressive projects by bringing together highly collaborative teams which solve
the unsolvable and harness the power of innovation and creativity that are the
hallmarks of great design-build projects.

DBIA is proud to celebrate the teams and projects that
demonstrate how Design-Build Done Right delivers on projects large and small,
across all sectors and across the nation.Awards are given annually, and we encourage
you to submit a project – or an individual – for recognition. Project owners and/or
team members need not be members of DBIA to be considered, nor is membership a requirement
for Leadership Award nominees.​

Design-Build Awards of Excellence

All Merit Award winners then go on to compete to win the best
in category and the Design-Build Award of Excellence.

Special Recognitions

DBIA Merit Award winners are also judged on their skills in performing several key components
to the successful delivery of Design-Build Done Right™

Excellence in Teaming

Excellence in Design

Excellence in Process

Project of the Year

DBIA’s Project of the year is chosen as the best of the best because it embraces all aspects of
Design-Build Done Right – exceling in teaming, design, and process – while far exceeding the
basic requirements of DBIA awards submissions. All DBIA award winners compete
for the Project of the Year.

2017 Project of the Year
University of California, Irvine - Mesa Court Student Housing Expansion​

The Design-Build in
Transportation Leadership Awards are given each year to agencies and
individuals that have advanced the use of design-build in the transportation
sector. Winners are selected by DBIA’s Transportation Committee from
nominations from across the industry and are honored at DBIA’s annual
Design-Build in Transportation Conference each spring.

The Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award
is the highest honor DBIA bestows. It is presented to an individual who has made significant
contributions to the design and construction industry through outstanding leadership and the
advancement of integrated design-build project delivery.

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DBIA is committed to celebrating people and projects that raise the bar and demonstrate what Design-Build Done Right can achieve.

Awards are given annually, and we encourage you to submit a project – or an individual – for recognition. Project owners and/or team members need not be members of DBIA to be considered, nor is membership a requirement for Leadership Award nominees.

Project/Team Awards-DBIA recognizes exemplary application of Design-Build Done Right project delivery that, at a minimum, resulted in highly successful projects that achieved best value while meeting design and construction quality, cost and schedule goals. In 2014, the awards program and sco​ring criteria were revamped, with a greater emphasis on the team as well as the project. As a result, the project award levels were revised and renamed to reflect these changes.

Brunelleschi and Leadership Awards - The Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor DBIA bestows. It is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to the design and construction industry through outstanding leadership and the advancement of integrated design-build project delivery.

The DBIA Distinguished Design-Build Leadership Awards are presented to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the advancement of effective design-build practices and in the promotion of design-build as a project delivery method of choice.

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DBIA is committed to celebrating people and projects that
raise the bar and demonstrate what Design-Build Done Right can achieve.
Awards are given annually, and we encourage you to submit a
project – or an individual – for recognition. Project owners and/or team
members need not be members of DBIA to be considered, nor is membership a
requirement for Leadership Award nominees.